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Benjamin Franklin Appeal to Privy Council, 1774

Entitled: "Franklin before the lord's council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774." Showing Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel presenting the concerns of the American colonists. In June 1773 Franklin obtained private letters of Thomas Hutchinson and Andrew Oliver, governor and lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, that proved they were encouraging the Crown to crack down on the rights of Bostonians. Franklin sent them to America, where they escalated the tensions. The British began to regard him as the fomenter of serious trouble. Hopes for a peaceful solution ended as he was systematically ridiculed and humiliated by Solicitor-General Alexander Wedderburn, before the Privy Council on January 29, 1774. He returned to Philadelphia in March 1775, and abandoned his accommodationist stance Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Engravoing by Robert Whitechurch, based on a painting by Christian Schuessele, published 1859.
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Benjamin Franklin Appeal to Privy Council, 1774
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Entitled: "Franklin before the lord's council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774." Showing Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel presenting the concerns of the American colonists. In June 1773 Franklin obtained private letters of Thomas Hutchinson and Andrew Oliver, governor and lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, that proved they were encouraging the Crown to crack down on the rights of Bostonians. Franklin sent them to America, where they escalated the tensions. The British began to regard him as the fomenter of serious trouble. Hopes for a peaceful solution ended as he was systematically ridiculed and humiliated by Solicitor-General Alexander Wedderburn, before the Privy Council on January 29, 1774. He returned to Philadelphia in March 1775, and abandoned his accommodationist stance Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Engravoing by Robert Whitechurch, based on a painting by Christian Schuessele, published 1859.
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ILLUSTRATION • History: United States
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4500 x 3030 px | 39.0 MB
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38.1 x 25.7 cm | 15.0 x 10.1 in (300 dpi)
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